Word Meanings - LASHING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement. South. Lashing out, a striking out; also, extravagance.

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• SOUTHSAY
  See SOOTHSAY
• SOUTHWESTERLY
  To ward or from the southwest; as, a southwesterly course; a southwesterly wind.
• SOUTHERNLINESS
  Southerliness.
• SOUTHREN
  Southern. "I am a Southren man." Chaucer.
• LASH
  G. lashe latchet, a bit of leather, gusset, stripe, laschen to furnish with flaps, to lash or slap, Icel. laski gusset, flap, laska 1. The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given. I observed that your whip wanted a lash to
• LASHING
  The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement. South. Lashing out, a striking out; also, extravagance.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• SOUTHSAYER
  See SOOTHSAYER
• SOUTH; SOUTHERLY
  the old squaw; -- so called in imitation of its cry. Called also southerly, and southerland. See under Old.
• SOUTHING
  Distance of any heavenly body south of the equator; south declination; south latitude. (more info) 1. Tendency or progress southward; as, the southing of the sun. Emerson. 2. The time at which the moon, or other heavenly body, passes the meridian
• STRIKE
  Strucken ; p. pr. & vb. n. Striking. Struck is more commonly proceed, flow, AS. strican to go, proceed, akin to D. strijken to rub, stroke, strike, to move, go, G. streichen, OHG. strihhan, L. stringere to touch lightly, to graze, to strip off
• SOUTHNESS
  A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point toward the south pole. Faraday.
• SOUTHWEST
  The point of the compass equally from the south and the west; the southwest part or region.
• SOUTHEASTERN
  Of or pertaining to the southeast; southeasterly.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• EXTRAVAGANCE
  1. A wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally from the usual way, course, or limit. 2. The state of being extravagant, wild, or prodigal beyond bounds of propriety or duty; want of moderation; excess; especially, undue expenditure
• SOUTHEAST
  The point of the compass equally distant from the south and the east; the southeast part or region.
• SOUTHWESTWARD; SOUTHWESTWARDLY
  Toward the southwest.
• SOUTHER
  A strong wind, gale, or storm from the south.
• SOUTHERLINESS
  The quality or state of being southerly; direction toward the south.
• CLASH
  1. To make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together. 2. To meet in opposition; to act in a contrary direction; to come onto collision; to interfere. However some of his interests might clash with those of the chief adjacent
• FATHER-LASHER
  A European marine fish , allied to the sculpin; -- called also lucky proach.
• SLASH
  1. To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits. 2. To lash; to ply the whip to. King. 3. To crack or snap, as a whip. Dr. H. More.
• SLASHED
  Divided into many narrow parts or segments by sharp incisions; laciniate. (more info) 1. Marked or cut with a slash or slashes; deeply gashed; especially, having long, narrow openings, as a sleeve or other part of a garment, to show rich lining
• FLASHING
  The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also flushing.